SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Algeria - Oran Wastewater Tertiary Treatment Facility Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, Virginia, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2010-21012A
- Archive Date
- 11/4/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nina Patel, Phone: (703) 875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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npatel@ustda.gov
(npatel@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC Nina Patel, USTDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Tel: (703) 875-4357 Fax: (703) 875-4009 ***Please do not contact contracts office*** Proposal Submission Place: Mr. Abdelouahed Smati Director of Projects Ministry of Water Resources 03 Rue Du Caire Kouba, Alger, Algiers Tel.: 213 21 28 31 49 The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for the Oran Wastewater Tertiary Treatment Facility. Algeria suffers from a chronic water deficit, worsened by inconsistent weather patterns and high population growth in large urban centers. Algeria is 95 percent arid land and 80 percent of Algeria's land surface is in desert zones where rainfall is negligible. Water is one of the main concerns for Algeria's future. The persistent water shortages in Algeria are affecting agriculture productivity and the rationing of potable water has become a necessity in major urban centers of the country over the last decade. Agriculture was once Algeria's dominant sector, but more recently agriculture production has decreased substantially. In Algeria, only one-tenth of the 7.5 million hectares of cultivable land receives adequate rainfall. As a result, the Government of Algeria currently considers wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation a priority in order to enhance agribusiness development opportunities. Oran, located on the Mediterranean coast in northwestern Algeria, is the second major city in Algeria. It is a major port, and since the 1960s it has been the commercial, industrial, and educational center of western Algeria. Agricultural production in the Oran province is also an important economic activity and includes production of wine, cereals, vegetables and fruit. The El Karma Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Oran currently processes wastewater generated by approximately 1,500,000 inhabitants. L'Office National de l'Assainissement (ONA) (National Office of Sanitation), the Algerian institution responsible for wastewater management, is interested in assessing tertiary wastewater treatment technologies to upgrade the quality of El Karma WWTP effluent. L'Office National de l'Irrigation et du Drainage (ONID) (National Office of Irrigation and Drainage), the Ministry agency responsible for providing water for agriculture development, is also interested in investigating the suitability of tertiary wastewater treatment technology for agricultural irrigation in the Oran area. ONID has already identified 8,990 hectares of food crops that will be irrigated with the tertiary effluent produced by the El Karma WWTP. The tertiary upgrade is necessary to increase water supply to ameliorate the shortage conditions that prevail in the Oran area and the general region. The project is in agreement with current Government of Algeria water resources conservation policies and with an overall strategic plan aimed at reducing dependency on overexploited surface and groundwater resources in the study area. The Feasibility Study (FS) will assess the technical, economic, financial and regulatory feasibility and the environmental and developmental impacts associated with wastewater reclamation at the WWTP for conveyance, distribution, and food crop irrigation in the Oran area. The study will provide ONID and ONA with a preliminary design for the tertiary treatment plant and the tools to evaluate several different technologies and processes to ensure cost-effective solutions for wastewater reuse. The FS also will assess the financial and environmental sustainability of the proposed tertiary upgrade. Although tertiary effluent reuse is in use around the world, it would be new to Algeria. Additionally, while this study is focused on Oran, ONID will use the results of this FS to implement municipal wastewater tertiary treatment projects for wastewater reuse projects throughout Algeria. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $256,741 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM Local Time on October 20, 2010 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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